The Egoless Coach with Bryan Medlin / COMBAT
The Hard Way w/ Joe De Sena
Spartan Races
4.7 • 870 Ratings
🗓️ 16 January 2021
⏱️ 34 minutes
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Summary
“We will go to the end of the Earth to make sure our team gets what they need,” says Bryan Medlin. SpartanUp Combat Series host Ryan Warner talks with Medlin - one of the most respected greco-roman wrestling coaches in the country and current University of Illinois assistant coach - about how coaches can remove the ego. In this episode you’ll learn:
-What 14+ trips to Russia taught Medlin about youth development
-Why coaching provides purpose to those who feel the calling
-How a house fire in 2017 changed his perspective on gratitude
-When you’re in a tough spot, how to focus on doing ‘one thing right’
-Leadership principles from the Marines
Connect with Bryan
-Twitter: @MedlinBryan
-Illini wrestling
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| 0:00.0 | I was able to kind of learn some leadership skills and you know things like that and in in the Marines that I was always kind of interested in and I think just spurred me to understand you know this is domino, this is some place you can go and you can impact lives in a great way. You know, you don't have to be in the Marines leading people in the front, you know, taking charge that way as you can make an impact and you know I've always kind of had that desire and you know I think it's it's been a good fit for me for my life. |
| 0:30.0 | It's just being able to be a coach and be able to be impactful. |
| 0:33.6 | And I find purpose in it. |
| 0:35.0 | You're listening to Spartan Combat on Spartan Up. |
| 0:40.0 | Learn from battle tested combat athletes athletes with your host Ryan Warner. |
| 0:45.6 | Spartans! |
| 0:47.1 | Welcome back to the Combat Series here on Spartan Up. |
| 0:49.6 | This is Ryan Warner. |
| 0:51.0 | My guest today is one of the top of Greco-Roman coaches in the country, |
| 0:54.9 | Brian Medlin. |
| 0:56.6 | In this episode, we start off talking about Brian's travels to Russia and then move into |
| 1:01.6 | some of his core potion philosophies. |
| 1:03.6 | This episode of Spartan Up is brought to you by Honeystinger, made with organic honey and |
| 1:07.6 | delicious ingredients. |
| 1:08.7 | Use the code H.S Spartan 2020 at honeystinger.com to save 30% off. |
| 1:15.0 | Brian Medlin, welcome to the podcast. |
| 1:17.0 | Thank you. |
| 1:18.0 | It's awesome to be on. |
| 1:19.0 | Love your stuff. |
| 1:20.0 | Thank you. |
| 1:21.0 | Great to have you. |
| 1:22.0 | If you look at Russia, everyone looks at this massive country, and certainly there's wrestlers |
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